Echo Quill

For anyone who has lived in East Kent long enough, the stretch of open land between Margate, Ramsgate, and Broadstairs is not just a line on a map. It is a breathing space, a buffer against the sprawl that has consumed so much of southern England. The Thanet green belt, designated decades ago to prevent the merging of these three coastal towns, now stands at the centre of a political fight that goes far beyond local planning disputes. It touches on questions of national sove